Military to Civilian Conversion: Where Effectiveness Meets Efficiency
Abstract
With the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) and Marine Corps human and materiel resources being stretched to the limit, the need for Marines in the Operating Forces has never been greater. Many Marines are currently deployed in Afghanistan or Iraq, some on their second or even third tour in that country. Still others are deployed in response to humanitarian assistance operations, other contingencies, or as part of routine deployments. There are incredible demands on Marine Corps recruiting and manpower to seek out and train qualified personnel, and to retain and appropriately assign quality Marines. In an effort to alleviate some of this demand, an alternative source of manpower is now being tapped. Necessity has forced the Marine Corps to look toward billets in the supporting establishments (bases and stations) that do not have to be filled by Marines, and convert those billets over to civilians as a solution to the manpower shortage. "The Secretary of Defense mandated that each military service branch convert a specific number of military billets to civilian billets. The Marine Corps was tasked with converting no less than 1,372 billets in FY05," says Master Sergeant Thomas Delaney of the Logistics Modernization Transition Task Force at Headquarters Marine Corps. A plethora of billets in the Marine Corps' bases and stations are currently being filled by Marines who could be performing their MOS specific role in the Operating Forces. Many of these billets do not require Marines and could easily be converted to civilian jobs. To that end, Marine billets without a warfighting application should be civilianized to relieve the shortage of manpower in the Operating Forces.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 08, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA505641
Entities
People
- D. W. Harlow
Organizations
- Marine Corps University